The total length of the shorter pipe, including the mouthpiece, is 0.435
m.; of the longer pipe, without additional joints, 0.555 m. An Egyptian
arghoul,[3] presented by the khedive to the Victoria and Albert Museum,
measures 4 ft. 8-1/2 in.
For further information see Victor Loret, _L'Egypte au temps des
Pharaons_ (Paris, 1889), 8vo, pp. 139, 143, 144; G.A. Villoteau,
_Description historique technique et litteraire des instruments de
musique des orientaux_ (_Description de l'Egypte_, Paris, 1823, tome
xiii, pp. 456-473). (K. S.)